London Fashion Week had a great mix of old and new models on the runways last week. Christopher Kane and Giles Deacon brought out the highly coveted Lara Stone to open their shows, while Raquel Zimmermann and Christina Kruse closed, respectively. Agyness Deyn opened and closed best friend Henry Holland’s House of Holland collection, to no one’s surprise. At PPQ, Ekaterina Kiseleva opened with a distracting huge pink bow tied around her head — and still managed to look stunning. And let’s not forget the one and only Naomi closing out Issa alongside Jourdan Dunn. But the undeniable winner for London is rising star Amanda Laine. Last season we anointed her the winner of Paris Fashion Week when she became a favorite at Miu Miu, Louis Vuitton, and Alexander McQueen. Now, London’s designers clamored to book her: She opened for the girlie and geeky Luella show, looked super androgynous at Paul Smith, and walked in a handful of others. And with Milan and Paris around the corner, we just know we’ll be seeing a lot more of her.
